Esther 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442816× in this chapter
a king
- הָמָןHâmânH20019× in this chapter
Haman, a Persian vizier
- אָמַרʼâmarH5598× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֶסְתֵּרʼEçtêrH6358× in this chapter
Ester, the Jewish heroine
- מַלְכָּהmalkâhH44367× in this chapter
a queen
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- בַּיִתbayithH10043× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- זֶהzehH20883× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- יַיִןyayinH31963× in this chapter
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִשְׁתֶּהmishtehH49603× in this chapter
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- בִּיתָןbîythânH10552× in this chapter
a palace (i.e. large house)
- בַּקָּשָׁהbaqqâshâhH12462× in this chapter
a petition
- גִּנָּהginnâhH15942× in this chapter
{a garden}
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- חֵמָהchêmâhH25342× in this chapter
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מָכַרmâkarH43762× in this chapter
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
- מׇרְדְּכַיMordᵉkayH47822× in this chapter
Mordecai, an Israelite
- אִםʼimH5182× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַםʻamH59712× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עִםʻimH59732× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- עָמַדʻâmadH59752× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- עֵץʻêtsH60862× in this chapter
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- צַרtsarH68622× in this chapter
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
- רַעraʻH74512× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שְׁאֵלָהshᵉʼêlâhH75962× in this chapter
a petition; by implication, a loan
- תָּלָהtâlâhH85182× in this chapter
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בָּעַתbâʻathH12041× in this chapter
to fear
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- גָּבֹהַּgâbôahhH13641× in this chapter
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant